Hi All I have a strange problem with some views on an 8.1.7 database (Solaris 8) I have a top level view that unions 3 other views which is taking many minutes to return, but the SQL from the sub views is returning in a total of 20secs for all three queries. Now the strange thing is the sub views are also going incredibly slow compared to the underlying SQL. I have made sure all the joins are indexed and have analysed the explain plan, and its only doing index range scans. I've also added the hint /* +RULE */ to stop hash joins. I know there is an overhead for the views on views, but this seems a bit to much !.. TIA Mitch ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------